Main Entry: pac·li·tax·el
Pronunciation: pak-li-tak-sl
Function: noun: an antineoplastic agent C47H51NO14 that was originally derived from the bark of a yew tree (Taxus brevifolia of the family Taxaceae) of the western United States and British Columbia but that is now typically derived as a semisynthetic product of the English yew (T. baccata) and is used to treat ovarian cancer which has not responded to conventional chemotherapy -- see TAXOL

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\ \ as u in abut
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\ as e in kitten
\ r \ as ur/er in further
\ a \ as a in
ash
\ \ as a
in ace
\ ä \ as o in mop
\ a \ as ou
in out
\ b \ as in baby
\ ch \ as ch in chin
\ d \ as d in did
\ e \ as e in bet
\ \ as ea in easy
\ \ as y in easy
\ f \ as f in fifty

\ g \ as g in go
\ h \ as h in hat
\ i \ as i in hit
\ \ as i in ice
\ j \ as j in job
\ k \ as k in kin
\ \ as ch in ich dien
\ l \ as l in lily
\ m \ as m in murmur
\ n \ as n in own
\ \ as ng
in sing
\ \ as o
in go
\ \ as aw
in law
\ i \ as oy
in boy
\ p \ as p in pepper

\ r \ as r in red
\ s \ as s in less>
\ sh \ as sh in shy
\ t \ as t in tie
\ th \ as th in thin
\ th \ as th in the
\ ü \ as oo in loot
\ \ as oo
in foot
\ v \ as v in vivid
\ w \ as w in away
\ y \ as y in yet
\ yü \ as you in youth
\ y \
as u in curable
\ z \ as z in zone
\ zh \ as si in vision